ST David Unified School

ST David Unified School, a local public school district in Arizona, serves as a federal grant recipient focused on K–8 education, special education, school safety, and rural school achievement programs through both prime grants and sub-grants flowing from the Arizona Department of Education. The district is structured as a U.S. government entity and has no federal contract prime or sub-award activity; all federal engagement is grant-based.

ST David operates exclusively within education and rural development grant programs. As a prime recipient, the district holds four consecutive annual grants from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (SRSA) covering the period from July 2022 through September 2027, along with a single project grant from the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program for school violence prevention and security improvements, running from October 2022 through September 2025. The SRSA awards are formula grants distributed to rural districts; the COPS Office award funds evidence-based school safety programs and technology deployment. As a sub-recipient, ST David receives additional federal funding channeled through the Arizona Department of Education under Title I (instructional support for K–8 reading and math), IDEA Basic (special education services and supports), and supplemental programs including a reverse-integrated early childhood special education preschool program serving both children with disabilities and typically developing peers, and a music instruction program. Sub-awards flow annually from Arizona's education department and carry specific program descriptions aligned with federal guidelines for each grant stream.

Customer concentration is near-total within the Department of Education. The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education represents 24 of 33 awards (100% of coverage); the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services accounts for 5 awards. Two awards tie to the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service and Rural Housing Service; one award is from the Department of Justice. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $2.7 million, reflecting the modest scale typical of rural school-district recipients. Activity has remained flat at two to four awards per year across the past five fiscal years, with only one award reaching completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The district competes for and receives 64% of its awards as prime recipient and 36% as sub-recipient through Arizona's pass-through mechanisms. This footprint is characteristic of a small rural district accessing federal entitlements and competitive grants for instructional improvement, special education, early intervention, and campus security rather than procurement or contracting activity.